me, myself and I

[Doofus]

When writing about myself, I use a capital I. This isn't because I think I'm special, by the way - we all do it.

So why don't I write about Myself or Me? Again, not just me; why don't any of us?

[ApOrbital]

I will have a pint of what you are drinking.

[Einion Yrth]

It's a bizarre quirk of the English language; I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

[Doofus]

Einion Yrth said:

It's a bizarre quirk of the English language; I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

Well somebody has to!

[99dndd]

Where's Irene?

[Doofus]

99dndd said:

Where's Irene?

Dexy's Midnight Runners are trying to get her to come on.

[Rawwr]

A capital 'I' is used because it was thought that a lowercase 'i' would get lost too easily in the text, leaving sentences trickier to parse.

[JulianPH]

Doofus said:

99dndd said:

Where's Irene?

Dexy's Midnight Runners are trying to get her to come on.

That was Eileen!

[Doofus]

JulianPH said:

That was Eileen!

No, it was definitely Dexy's, because I remember Rowland Rivron dressing up like Daisy Duke

[vwsam_]

ApOrbital said:

I will have a pint of what you are drinking.

Make that two..

[scorcher]

99dndd said:

Where's Irene?

The chinese woman with one leg shorter than the other?

[JulianPH]

Doofus said:

JulianPH said:

That was Eileen!

No, it was definitely Dexy's, because I remember Rowland Rivron dressing up like Daisy Duke

Can I have a pint of that too?!

[rowley birkin]

scorcher said:

99dndd said:

Where's Irene?

The chinese woman with one leg shorter than the other?

Has a sister called Noleen ?

[captain_cynic]

JulianPH said:

Doofus said:

99dndd said:

Where's Irene?

Dexy's Midnight Runners are trying to get her to come on.

That was Eileen!

You've clearly never heard it sung in a Japanese karaoke bar.

[Skyedriver]

Goodnight Irene

[Donbot]

captain_cynic said:

You've clearly never heard it sung in a Japanese karaoke bar.

[OldSkoolRS]

I thought this was a thread about Joan Armatrading...I happened to be listening to that album last night having a fit of 80s nostalgia.

[tertius]

I thought this thread was about the irritating habit of people using “myself” when they either mean “me” or “I”.

It seems to have become strangely prevalent recently. It is extremely ANNOYING.

[Shakermaker]

Mysefl is used reflexively (I think that's the term)

For example..

"I hurt myself" rather than "I hurt me"

And where would Eric Carmen be if he had written the smash hit "All By Me" instead?

[LordGrover]

Skyedriver said:

Goodnight Irene

...as every good gashead knows.